The Battle of Hejian was over, and in this battle the Xia army became a spectator, a pure spectator; As an attacking force, the Song army suffered heavy casualties, and the Song army, which originally had an army of 100,000 in the whole battle, is now less than 40,000 people left, and the war was cruel, although the Song army paid a heavy price to capture Hejian Mansion, but at the same time that the Song army took Hejian Mansion, the real Hejian Mansion also fell into ruins; Anyway, all these efforts were worth it, and Yelu Nerugu and his Eastern Liao army in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty did not escape the fate of annihilation in the end.
Emperor Li Liangzuo of Xia had this evaluation of Yelu Nerugu: "This is the most tenacious opponent I have ever met in my life, he is insidious and cunning, has extremely high military wisdom, he is an excellent military commander and the soul of an army; However, no one is perfect, and although Yerenerugu was a qualified commander, he was not a qualified emperor, and he was a political mess, pushing almost all his friends who could become allies to the opposite side, and finally this tragic tyrant died in a foreign land."
After confirming that Yelu Nerugu had been hanged, Li Liangzuo led 150,000 Xia troops to continue northward, this time Li Liangzuo did not do any plundering in Hejian Mansion, because Hejian Mansion has nothing to be strong, everything was basically burned to ruins, the Xia army can be said to have come and gone in a hurry this time, and the Xia army has left for more than a month since entering the Great Song Dynasty, and the situation in the entire Liao State has undergone tremendous changes in this month.
First of all, Li Liangzuo's Xia Jun did not complete the plan to monopolize Nanjing Road, but at least the most essential part of Nanjing Road was in the hands of Xia Jun, and secondly, the problem of Tokyo City; Because the three Li brothers blockaded Jinzhou, Yelu Hongji's Liao soldiers and horses, that is, the Northern Liao Army, were not able to enter Tokyo Province, so the entire Tokyo Province was divided into three major forces, namely the tribal alliance of the Jurchen tribe, the remnants of the Eastern Liao Army controlled by Xiao Tzu Rin, and the forces of the three Li brothers.
Li Liangzuo was very annoyed by this matter, Goryeo had always been a vassal state of the Central Plains Dynasty, and had been subservient to the Liao State during the Liao period, and now the Liao civil strife made Goryeo stick can't help but take advantage of the fire to rob; At this time, after decades of peaceful development, Goryeo's combat effectiveness was relatively good, otherwise it would not have been possible to drive away the Jurchens who originally lived in the Yalu River.
Later, Li Liangzuo came to Xijin Mansion, when Li Liangzuo saw the appearance of Xijin Mansion frowned, just a few days ago there was a big battle in Xijin Mansion, although the scale of the battle was not large, but it brought a very bad impression to Li Liangzuo, the rebellion caused by Li Liangzuo has forgotten a group of people, this group of people is in Datong Mansion to surrender to Li Liangzuo's Yan King Yelu Mu remnants, and the main force of the rebellion is the Yan army under the command of Yelu Mu.
The course of the matter is like this, as Jila Siyi led the Hetao army southward, there was a great shortage of troops in the area occupied by the Xia army, in this case, Li Yi thought of Yan Shu who had surrendered, and Li Yi still knew Yan Shu very well, and Li Yi did a detailed investigation before using Yan Shu; Although Yan Shu has been leading the Yan army since he surrendered to the Xia army, he has already had the intention to join the Xia army, and there may still be something wrong in his heart, but after learning more about the Xia army, Yan Shu was deeply impressed; And in a coincidental situation, Yan Shu and Li Yi met, and the two had similar personalities and soon became one.
In this context, in order to make up for the emptiness of the rear forces, Li Yi transferred the Yan army led by Yan Shu from outside Juyong Pass to Yuhe, once the Xia army and the Liao army clashed, the Yan army led by Yan Shu could rush to the front line as quickly as possible, at this time the problem arose, although Yan Shu seemed to have completely mastered this Yan army on the surface, but this Yan army was not actually in the hands of Yan Shu, Zheng Hun installed a lot of his cronies in the Yan army, Zheng Hun realized that this was a golden opportunity.
Although the 50,000 Yan army is not much, but with foreign aid, it is not impossible to launch a surprise attack to wipe out the Xia army in Nanjing Province.
So Zheng Hun began a careful plan, first under the leadership of Zheng Hun, Yelu Mu and Yelu Hongji joined forces, and the Yan army was the internal response, and the Liao army launched a fierce attack from the front, so that Li Yi said that the Xia army under his command was attacked by the enemy on his back and could not take into account both inside and outside, and then the Yan army captured Xijin Mansion to cut off the Xia army's grain route and retreat, and finally encircled the Xia army led by Li Yi and annihilated it in one fell swoop; After the elimination of the Xia army, Yelu Mu still enjoyed the title of King of Yan, and asked Yelu Hongji to send troops to recover Datong Mansion as the fief of King Yan.
To say that Zheng Hun's plan can not be described as whimsical, but as long as this seemingly simple plan is operated properly, the probability of success is very high, and it can tie Yelu Hongji to his chariot, but the problem lies in the improper operation; First, Zheng Hun underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Xia army, and second, there was no tacit understanding with Yelu Hongji.
On a dark and windy night, Zheng Hun suddenly sent someone to tie up Yan Shu, and then led a large army to attack Xijin Mansion, according to the prior agreement, the Liao army should also immediately launch a fierce attack on the Xia army arranged on the front line of crossing the river, but I don't know why the Liao army's attack was delayed, which gave the Xia army sufficient time to prepare; In addition, after Yan Shu was rescued by his cronies, he led his cronies to attack Zheng Hun from behind, and Zheng Hun was quickly defeated and captured under the attack of Li Yi and Yan Shu, and Li Yi, who was free, organized troops to launch a fierce attack on the Liao army, and drove the Liao army back to Jizhou.
After seeing Li Liangzuo, Li Yi immediately knelt down and saluted: "The last general greets Your Majesty, the last general is incompetent and almost lost the Xijin Mansion, and please atone for your sins." ” Li Liangzuo said with a gloomy face: "I'll talk about this matter later, I ordered the army to be stationed outside the city, and sent someone to bring Yelu Mu, Zheng Hun and others to see me." ” "Yes, the last general commands."
Li Yi immediately took the military order.
Yelu Hongji's actions this time completely annoyed Li Liangzuo, and originally according to Li Liangzuo's temper, he wanted to use this as an excuse to completely destroy Yelu Hongji, but Yelu Hongji deserved to be a veteran of political chiefs, and as soon as he was defeated, he immediately killed several generals who were commanding troops on the front line, and sent his head together with a letter of guilt and a large number of property and beauties to Li Liangzuo to make amends; According to Yelu Hongji's meaning, this conflict was completely misunderstood, and it was privately started by the following generals, and Yelu Hongji did not know about it at all.
Of course Li Liangzuo didn't believe this statement, but considering that the Xia army was now a tired division, it was impossible to get cheap by fighting the Liao army, and after all these years of cultivation, the strength of the Liao army had swelled very much, which greatly exceeded Li Liangzuo's expectations, and many of the strengths that Yelu Hongji had hidden before began to show in front of Li Liangzuo; In this regard, Li Liangzuo could only choose not to move Yelu Hongji for the time being, but Li Liangzuo had already thought of a way to contain the Liao State.
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